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Spender (1991–1993)

3 seasons21 episodes50 min per episode★ 7.5 · 411 votes

• Action
• Drama

Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.

First aired

January 8, 1991

Last episode

December 29, 1993

Network

BBC One

Country of origin

United Kingdom